Jim Graham (graham at biodec.wustl.edu_nospammmmmmm) wrote:
: I believe the
: basis of DNA interaction with glass in the presence of chaotropic agents
: is still undescribed (please correct me here). Any insight into the
: manufacture or treatment necessary would be helpful.
Jim:
When I was researching the literature a few years ago for a bookchapter I
wrote on this, I found out that the EXACT interaction of DNA with silica
resins is not known. You can download the postscript version of the
chapter from http://www-lecb.ncifcrf.gov/~pnh/papers/bookchap/bookchap.ps
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Paul N. Hengen, Ph.D.
National Cancer Institute
Laboratory of Experimental and Computational Biology
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